Yesterday Charity and I took two new Tenkara rods out for the afternoon in the Smokies. We’ve been pretty curious for a while but finally pulled the trigger. Everything we’ve ever read about Tenkara touts its simplicity, and that is almost an understatement. There is very little to do in the way of set up […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-01-29
Your opportunity to shop Lefty Kreh's fishing tackle garage sale http://t.co/fl0Gf9yU #flyfishing # Our latest fishing report from East Tennessee: Mild Weather & High Water http://t.co/u1H6NNhO #flyfishing # TFO Fly Rods develops a Tenkara rod while Lefty Kreh, face of TFO says,"Tenkara is a fad and it won’t last long" http://t.co/ZkUt96VT # Sipping Emergers blog […]
Red Sky in Morning Fly Fishers Take Warning
Yet another wet weather system has moved across East Tennessee and brought above average river levels even higher. That came after an exceptionally windy day. Here is a time lapse video from yesterday of the sunrise that foretold there was some weather on the way. You can tell something is up by looking at the […]
Quick Pic: Dry Fly Rainbow Trout in January
It’s been an unusually warm January. In fact, it’s felt much more like March. We’ve already seen some daffodils blooming and the extra warm weather has some rainbows looking up.
Quick Pic: Nymphing on a Mild Winter Day
Dragging weighted nymphs through a deep pool on a mild winter day in the Smokies
Mild Weather & High Water
It looks like another week of mild weather is on the way here in the Smokies, but it also comes with more high water. Our tailwaters have been blown out for a long time with very short breaks in the high flows. It’s absolutely pouring as I write this so we can be sure TVA […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-01-22
From our fishing report: Damn that was good! An afternoon of dry fly fishing in the Smokies http://t.co/RRHqYwUt #flyfishing #smokies # Curious why trout like certain bugs so much? The taster's guide to trout stream insects http://t.co/h54tl3RD #flyfishing # Hackle on your super saddles getting thin? Looks like a bleak year in store for fly […]
Quick Pic: Snow on Rocky Top
It’s probably mild where you are, but there’s snow on the crest of the Smokies. The highest point is Rocky Top, the summit of Thunderhead Mountain.
Damn that was good!
While we don’t expect to get much sympathy from anybody, we don’t get to fish as much or as often as many of you think. We had a pretty ambitious holiday travel schedule to be with family and even left the country for a little more than a week. Since we’ve been back we’ve hit […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-01-15
In depth interview from the Onion: Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now http://t.co/uhHWTCQd # The first annual Musky Fly Fishing World Championships come to Rock Island, Tennessee http://t.co/sQcNNiOw #flyfishing # Lost hikers found with the help of 2 blackhawk helicopters, 1 F-22 figher jet, and 2 Air Force drones http://t.co/LFPqXPS9 #NotTheTaliban […]